Landing Pintails

[Jan Wegener]

here's one from some time back.

I liked the OOF female in this one. :)
full frame
Mark IIn
600 IS
F5 - 1/800
Iso 400

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Jan, loved the sharp male and the BG. I think photo with just the male will look better. But having said that, I dont mind this one with OOF female either. Nice job with the exposure. Colors of the bird echoed in the BG always works for me.

[kenn threed]

Jan, loved the sharp male and the BG. I think photo with just the male will look better. But having said that, I dont mind this one with OOF female either. Nice job with the exposure. Colors of the bird echoed in the BG always works for me.

Certainly agree, on all counts. A lovely capture that I would make 2 frames of... with and without the female.

very nice shot,

Kenn

[Jan Wegener]

I have so many images with either a male or female, so I am happy to have both in here :)

[Anand Kavalapara]

The slight shimmer in the male's head grabs my attention and the female does balance the shot.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Jan, I like it as it is different. :) The male looks really cool with that wing pose.
Don't worry. Tastes are different as well. :)
Wish we had the same chance to shoot NP that easily here in EU.

Szimi

[Fabs Forns]

Beautiful colors is the first think I see here, light is perfect and I don't ind the female, it balances the compo for me.

[James Littlejohn]

I like it with the second bird. Great sense of form with the both of them almost in the same flight posture. Nice echo of the form with the background bird.

[Danny J Brown]

Big vote to keep the female, Jan. I love this shot as is and the metallic beak on the male is very cool.

[Ofer Levy]

Beautiful capture! I feel the oof female weakens the image though.

[Nagesh Mula]

Jan simply loved this picture. I would like to see the pic as it is as its very difficult to get both the male and female in the same frame. Congrats!!

[Chris van Rooyen]

Oooh...I just love the combination. Technicals perfect, dream shot.

[Nate Chappell]

Great action and beautiful matching bg colors.

[Harshad Barve]

Beatiful image, killer BG , techs spot on and I liked it very much as posted
TFS

[Juan Aragonés]

Really nice image Jan, I like the OOF bird too a lot, it is by no way distracting and adds a lot to the composition. Both birds with excellent eye contact and almost with exactly the same wing position. Great Bg by the way. :-)